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COINCIDENTAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coincidental mean?
• COINCIDENTAL (adjective)
The adjective COINCIDENTAL has 1 sense:
1. occurring or operating at the same time
Familiarity information: COINCIDENTAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Occurring or operating at the same time
Synonyms:
co-occurrent; coincident; coincidental; coinciding; concurrent; cooccurring; simultaneous
Context example:
a series of coincident events
Similar:
synchronal; synchronic; synchronous (occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase)
Context examples
The event - called AT2018cow and nicknamed the Cow after the coincidental final letters in its official name - is unlike any celestial outburst ever seen before, prompting multiple theories about its source.
(Mysterious Blast Studied with NASA Telescopes, NASA)
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